Jar-holder.



No. 822,652. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. G. M. OORSEY.

JAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 7. 1905.

Witness Int/etr 1 M Attorneys GEORGE M. CORSEY, OF VVOODBURY, NEW JERSEY.

UAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed. November '7, 1905. Serial No. 286,260-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. CORSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful J ar-Holder of which the following is a specification.

Thls invention relates to jar-holders, and has for an object to provide a device of the class provided with improved means to hold the jar firmly and securely.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means whereby when the holder is tightened upon a jar the tension may be temporarilyand securely maintained to enable the operator to carry the jar to another position and to release it conveniently.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved jar-holder applied to a conventional jar. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the joint and retaining arm.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

In its preferred embodiment the improved jar-holder forming the subject-matter of this application comprises a flexible band 10 of the length necessary to encircle the jar, as 1 1, upon which it is designed to be used. At one end the band is bifurcated, as at 12, to form the tongues 13, which are bent to form loops 14 at their extremities, and the loops secured in any approved manner, as by the rivets 15. Between the tongues 13 is pivoted the lever 16, as by the rivet 17, and provided with an eccentric cam-face 18. The end of the band opposite the slot 12 is reduced in width, as at 19, and after being inserted through the slot 12 is secured to the cam-surface 18, as by the screw 20, through the slot 21, and clamped by the winged nut 22. Adjacent the reduced end 19 an arm 23 is rigidly secured to the band and extends substantially radially therefrom.

In operation the band will be slipped over a jar and tightened thereon by moving the lever in the direction indicated by the arrow and toward the arm 23, thereby drawing the reduced end of the hand through the slot 12 and tightening the band upon the jar. When the desired tension has been obtained, it may be maintained temporarily by the operator hooking one or more fingers of the hand holding the lever over the arm 23, thus leaving the other hand free for other use and enabling the operator to carry the jar to a different position, when byreleasing the arm the band automatically loosens upon the jar and may be lifted off. For use with jars of different sizes the band may be varied in diameter by loosening the nut 22 and adjusting the slot 21 upon the screw 20.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A jar-holder comprising a flat imperforate flexible band having a large slotted end and a reduced slotted end, a lever fulcrumed upon the large end of the band and mounted tov move within the slot therein, said lever having a cam-surface extending through said slot, a clamping device extending from the lever and through the slot in the small end of the band to adjustably secure the band upon the cam-surface of the lever, said small end of the band extending through the slot in the large end thereof.

2. A jar-holder comprising a flat imperforate flexible band having a large slotted end and a reduced slotted end, a lever fulcrumed upon the large end of the band and mounted to move within the slot therein, said lever having a cam-surface extending through said slot, a clamping device extending from the lever and through the slot in the small end of the band to adjustably secure the band upon the cam-surface of the lever, said small end of the band extending through the slot in the large end thereof, and an arm rigidly secured to the band adjacent its small end, the lever and arm adapted to be drawn together to contract the band.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. CORSEY.

Witnesses:

LEON CoRsEY, FRANCIS B. DAVIS. 

